"I'm the father of three college-age daughters," Warner said in a phone interview with the Daily Press Wednesday. "The remarkable statistic in America is you have more chance of being sexually assaulted if you go to college than if you don't go to college."

The solution needs to be a joint effort, Warner said.

"We want to do it in a way that's collaborative. Universities will need to step up on this," he said.

The legislation aims to provide new resources for student victims of sexual assault to encourage them to step forward.

According to Warner's office, it's believed that only 5 percent of sexual assaults on campus are actually reported.

The bill also would survey students at every university across the country about their "experience with sexual violence." The results would be published online to be available for parents and prospective students.

The bill would bolster cooperation with local law enforcement, creating a single uniform process for campus disciplinary proceedings, according to a news release. Athletic departments and other subgroups would be barred from handling and investigating complaints.

"One of the most important things is that any of these victims, male or female, have a confidential adviser" to support them, Warner said. "The statistics are abhorrent. The stories of these victims are just heart breaking," he said.

Warner acknowledged there have been incidents like the one that involved several Duke Lacrosse players in 2006 where people have been wrongfully accused. "That was a miscarriage of justice," Warner said.

State legislators on Monday introduced legislation that would require California colleges and universities to adopt uniform definitions of sexual assault and similar policies for reporting and preventing attacks.

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